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Be it known that I, MARTIN L. SENDERLING, of Jersey City, in the countyof Hudson, and State of New Jersey, have invented a-certaiu new anduseful Improvement in Sugar-Mixing Apparatus, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description, reference being had toA theaccompanying drawing, forming` part of this specification, and in which-Figure .'l represents a sectional elevation of an apparatus inillustration of my improvement.

Figure 2, a plan of a divided hopper, capable 'of being used inconnection with said apparatus; and

Figure 3, a plan of the same apparatus, with the hopper removed.

Lik'e letters indicate like parts throughout the several figures.

The nature of my invention consists in a novel process of mixingdi'erent grades or qualities of sugar 'by means of a wheel acting uponthe principle of centrifugal force; also, in a novel construction ofsaid wheel; likewise, in a combination of such device with a mill forcrushing the lumps preparatory to the distribution or mixf ing of thesugar by the wheel; and iinally, in a combination with the mixing-Wheelor wheel and mill of a divided hopperfor delivering to the same, by acommon orifice, sugar of different grades or qualities.

Referringpto the accompanying drawing, A represents a hopper dividedinto any number of Isuitable compartments, 1b, for feeding in to theapparatus, separately and distinct, sugar of different grades orqualities, but deliverable at a common oritice,.c, on opening a slide,d. Though not absolutely necessary thus to introduce the sugarsseparatefand distinct,-as a-n undividedhopper may beused and thedifferent grades of sugar be shovelled in by successive layers orpromiscuously, such a divided hopper uniting in a common discharge ispreferable,

' as the relative quantities of the di'erent sugars are more readilyrdetermined .and controlled, and'a more general .or equal mixture of themat the discharge effected. Beneath the delivery aperture, lc, of thehopper is arranged a sugar-mill, of which B are the rolls, suitablygeared. and rotated, and which serve to receive in 'between them thesugars as the y are delivered from'the hopper and to crush all lumps Sathe different sugars. Thus freed from lumps, the sugars are then in acondition to De distributed, scattered, and mixed by centrifugal force,which I iind bestl adapted to the purpose, and which may be accomplishedby any suitably constructed wheel/either of a horizontal or verticalcharacter. I, however,` prefer a wheel of horizontal arrangement,working olfa vertical axis, situated on one side of the :mill androtated by suitable gear. Such an arrangement is represented in thedrawing, in which the wheel is Inade up of vaues, C, connected with avertical shaft, e. and rotating as indicated by the arrow z. Thesevenes, C, are made of a 'fan or Haring shape from the axis towards theperiphery, and have their faces set inclining upwardly in a backwarddirection, so that the sugars received upon them froin the mill arerestrained from falling or slipping off in the 'rear of. themlby themotion of the wheel, which acts asa centrifugal force to scatter,distribute. and mix 'the several grades of sugar received upon it.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The process, substantially as herein described, of mixing sugarsthrough centrifugal force by means of a wheel receiving upon itsugars-of diil'erent grades or qualities.

2. The mixing wheel acting by centrifugal force, constructed with vanesinclining on their faces upwardly in a backward direction in relation tothe run' of the wheel, essentially as specified. t

'3. The combination, with the centrifugal mixing-wheel, of acrushing-mill, arranged to deliver the crushed sugar' directly upon saidwheel, substantially as herein set forth.

4. The combination, of a divided hopper,icrushingmill, and centrifugalmixing-wheel, essentially as specified.

MARTIN L. SENDERLNG.

Witnesses:

J. W. CooMBs, `G. W. REED.

